About - St. Xavier's College

Welcome to St. Xavier’s College

A premier institution of higher education in the state of Goa

Our Vision

Formation for Transformation

Our Mission Statement

To provide balanced all-round education, with the goal of forming young men and women who will be disciplined citizens and will display a high intellectual calibre as well as emotional balance and social commitment, and particularly, at helping Catholic youth to be committed followers of Christ.

St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa was founded by the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in 1963. It is managed by the Diocesan Society of Education, an apex body that manages all its educational institutions in Goa.

Completing fifty glorious years of its existence in 2013, the college has kept up its pace with providing quality education. With quality as its hallmark, its motto of ‘In Virtute et Scientia’ (Virtue and Knowledge) and its pursuit for excellence, the institution with the status of ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ has endeavoured to sustain and ensure continuous quality improvement.

Thousands of students who have passed through the portals of this institution recall with nostalgia the days spent here, and the salutary impact it has had on their lives.

Popular courses that have received recognition include Computer Science, Computer Applications, Electronics, Biotechnology, Mass Communication and Videography, Journalism, Business Administration, Travel and Tourism.

Our Patron Saint – St. Francis Xavier: An Educationist par Excellence

St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa is named after St. Francis Xavier, a world renowned Jesuit missionary. Born in Spain (1506), Francisco de Jaxu Xavier was an outstanding student of the Sorbonne University, Paris. He was awarded Master’s Degree (Arts) with distinction in 1530.

Against this brilliant academic background, Ignatius of Loyola a fellow student placed before him the spiritually haunting biblical maxim: “What doth it profit a man to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul.”

In 1542, Francis Xavier set foot on Goan soil. In the following year, he was given charge of the College of Holy Faith (Santa Fe) at Velha Goa. Under the Jesuits, it gained fame as the College of St. Paul.

Francis Xavier was one of the illustrious professors of this College which eventually earned the reputation of a University. Scholars from as far as Japan came to pursue their studies. He established many other educational institutions, modeled on the most advanced universities of Europe.

St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, has chosen as its goals Virtue (virtute) and Knowledge (scientia) to truly reflect the inspiration it draws from the very maxim that turned around the life of its Patron, St. Francis Xavier.